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[Khaled Moussa]

dr._no at cool.ms wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   
>>> it's possible to use e. g. an open WLAN from a neighbor for your
>>> TOR server and in most countries that's be legal, e. g. in=20
>>> Germany.
>>> But for working behind NAT the program has to be optimized, like skype,
>>> and as far as i know, TOR is not made for working behind NAT.
>>>
>>>       
>>      Why would you think that? 
>>     
>
> The ORPort of the TOR server must be reachable from the outside but behind
> NAT you need port forwarding for this.
> Therefore you can use a TOR client behind NAT but not a TOR server.
> Or did i missed something?
>   
I'm running TOR server behind NAT on Windows XP.  In addition to port 
forwarding, I needed to open ports (22, 9001) on my router's Virtual 
Server for TOR server to run and be reachable from outside
>
>   
>> Have you bothered to read the documentation?
>>     
>
> No; i've read it some time ago and that's why i wrote "as far as i know".
>
> Greets
>
>